Tlapa de Comonfort

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Tlapa de Comonfort
nickname = Tlapa
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = Municipality
subdivision_name = Mexico
subdivision_name1 = Guerrero
subdivision_name2 = Tlapa de Comonfort
established_title = Founded
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leader_title = Presidente Municipal
leader_name = Martimiano Benítez Lorenzo
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population_urban = 37975
population_metro = 57346
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timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
latd = 17 | latm = 32 | lats = 46 | latNS = N
longd = 98 | longm = 34 | longs = 35 | longEW = W
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elevation_m = 1100
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Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened to Tlapa and known as Tinda'i in Mixtec, is a city in the mountain region of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

"Tlapa" is a Nahuatl exonym from "tlappan" or "tluhpan", meaning "place of washing". The "de Comonfort" part of the name is in homage to President Ignacio Comonfort.

History

The Codex Azoyú indicates that the settlement now known as Tlapa was founded between 1299 and 1565. References to it also exist in codices and tapestries from the town of Chiepetlán, claiming it was founded in 1467, and in the Humboldt Codex.

The municipality was founded in 1857, with the escision of Guerrero from the states of Puebla and México. It received city status in 1890.

Modern day

The 2005 INEGI Census reported a population of 37,975 in the municipal seat. [ [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/zip/iter_12xls.zip INEGI: Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER) de Guerrero] ] The current mayor is Martimiano Benítez Lorenzo of the PRD.

Geography

*coord|17|32|46|N|98|34|35|W
*1,100 metres above sea level

References

*http://www.guerrero.gob.mx/?P=tlapa_de_comorfort

External links

* [http://www.hayuntamientotlapa.gob.mx Tlapa municipal government]
* [http://www.guerrero.gob.mx/?P=tlapa_de_comorfort Tlapa de Comonfort] (guerrero.gob.mx)
* [http://tlapa.miarroba.com/ La Montaña y alrededores] Tlapa news site